Complete MPs' expenses guide

MPs' expenses: The Telegraph's investigation into how politicians - from
Gordon Brown's Cabinet to backbenchers of all parties - exploit the system of parliamentary
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Eric Joyce

Eric Joyce claimed expenses for a house in Croydon, which he bought for £249,950 in 2001.

He then sold the property, which he told Commons officials was his designated second home, in 2007 for £383,000.

Like several other MPs, he did not pay capital gains tax on the profit he made when he sold the house, because he told the tax authorities that it was his primary residence.

Mr Joyce claimed £3,500 for a new kitchen in 2005. He also claimed £2,300 for a new boiler in May 2007. He regularly claimed £1,500 a month for interest charges on the mortgage, along with hundreds of pounds a month for other household bills and repair costs. Since selling his designated second home, Mr Joyce has claimed expenses to cover the cost of staying in Westminster hotels while in the capital on parliamentary business.